If on a winter’s night a traveler

by

Italo Calvino

The second character named Zwida in the book (after Zwida Ozkart) is a woman who sits on a chair outside a hotel and reads in Leaning from the steep slope. She seems to use the narrator’s interest in her as a way to get the narrator involved in her plan to break an inmate out of the local prison.

Miss Zwida Quotes in If on a winter’s night a traveler

The If on a winter’s night a traveler quotes below are all either spoken by Miss Zwida or refer to Miss Zwida . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Leaning from the steep slope Quotes

I sensed at once that in the perfect order of the universe a breach had opened, an irreparable rent.

Related Characters: The Narrator (speaker), Mr. Kauderer the Meteorologist , Miss Zwida
Page Number: 67
Explanation and Analysis:
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Miss Zwida Quotes in If on a winter’s night a traveler

The If on a winter’s night a traveler quotes below are all either spoken by Miss Zwida or refer to Miss Zwida . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
The Act of Reading Theme Icon
).
Leaning from the steep slope Quotes

I sensed at once that in the perfect order of the universe a breach had opened, an irreparable rent.

Related Characters: The Narrator (speaker), Mr. Kauderer the Meteorologist , Miss Zwida
Page Number: 67
Explanation and Analysis: